paublyrne

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by paublyrne 5y ago
I believe that there are many in between the two extremes you mention for whom the draw of connection is far from benign, which is why I would not be so dismissive of addiction concerns.
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by paublyrne 5y ago
> Why would anyone want to spend time trawling obscure library database systems only to find the library doesn't stock the right books or that someone has taken it on loan for an unknown period of time ? You're setting up a bit
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by paublyrne 5y ago
If it's already not allowed to use data in this way - thus the fine - what purpose would allowing and revoking the right to do so serve. It's already prohibited.
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1997: Achaea(if50.substack.com)
44 points by paublyrne 5y ago|7 comments
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by paublyrne 5y ago
I'm in a train station in Berlin right now and every billboard is Apple.
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by paublyrne 5y ago
> Citation needed? Op is making a bet not a claim.
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I am an object of internet ridicule, ask me anything (2013)(theawl.com)
265 points by paublyrne 5y ago|100 comments
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by paublyrne 5y ago
I don't see how it's so traumatic for the engineers involved, unless the company culture in Fastly is really awful and there are punitive repercussions, or attempts to pin responsbility on individuals rather than systems, which I
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by paublyrne 5y ago
> If it weren't for the value of the bundle I'd likely not care as much though. Surely being paid to use Spotify would represent even better value.
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by paublyrne 5y ago
> Is it for people that are exposing themselves to potential carriers in unsafe ways? It's this largely. The most obvious group in the UK are MSM men. It has to be taken more or less all the time by people who expect they may have e
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by paublyrne 5y ago
We're too tired to get upset about things.
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by paublyrne 5y ago
> It has produced poor people easily to be able to store their wealth something that they can both afford and isn't constantly being debased I can't get excited about people too poor to have access to banking putting their mone
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by paublyrne 5y ago
I don't see why it couldn't be removed from a future release after a period of deprecation.
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1984: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(if50.substack.com)
205 points by paublyrne 5y ago|91 comments
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by paublyrne 6y ago
There is a lot more to making good quality recordings then having good equipment. There's arrangement, mic placement, room acoustic treatment, mixing and EQ, mastering.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
> Also, if your waking hours are say 0800-2300 then you can easily work late and move your leisure time to the morning without changing your sleep schedule. Not necessarily. Early birds like me find it difficult to work in the evenings,
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by paublyrne 6y ago
I would assume the criteria is what mixture of denominations will require the least regular servicing. An area where the average daily withdrawal is high - ie a wealthy area - will run out more quickly if it's giving out small denomina
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by paublyrne 6y ago
> I stopped contacting most of my friends over 9 months ago and have not heard back from most for 6 months to never Isn't it possible some of them are thinking the same in reverse, avoiding contact with you because you haven't
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by paublyrne 6y ago
Not sure where this number is from. One of the main challenges of vaccine takeup in France and Germany (including health staff) is more about having a preference for the higher efficacy vaccines over the AstraZenica. https://www.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
Location: Berlin Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Possibly Technologies: Ruby on Rails, React, Elixir Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulgsbyrne/ Email: paulgregorybyrne@gmail.com
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by paublyrne 6y ago
Not sure if this the case yet. Any examples? But I can see it becoming the case in the future ...
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by paublyrne 6y ago
> I'm sorry, in future I will humbly accept the advice of the self righteous with a doff of my cap They are not the only two options. Parent just suggested sharing your perspective without the aggressive tone and expletives.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
You should be still able to log in with the same email with user/password, without being asked for a new permission.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
Not a parent, but I was a child, and want to give my perspective from my memories learning my father's profession; writing. We always had computers typewriters around the house, and I was fascinated by the look, smell, and sound of my
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by paublyrne 6y ago
They're both paid by taxes ultimately, as the digital license fee is mandatory, so I don't see much difference.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
> Below is a list of 50 celebrities which the DeathList committee has selected for their likelihood to pass away during 2020. Never heard of this before. Seems kind of an incredibly unpleasant thing to build.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
> This feels twee and goofy, at best. Not sure why it's on the front page. Because it's twee and goofy.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
Many of the words used are rarely seen without a prefix. Disgruntled, for example is a common word; gruntled is not.
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by paublyrne 6y ago
The birth rate in India is not particularly high, at 2.x, and my anecdotal experiences of travelling and working there is that younger couples prefer to have fewer children, only 1 or 2. Of course the population is already large, but that&#
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by paublyrne 6y ago
It's likely this will change next year when Australia lifts quarantining. It will be considered an acceptable risk given that most people will not be vulnerable to it.

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